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package
English
Etymology
Equivalent to pack + -age. Possibly influenced by Anglo-Latin paccagium or Old French pacquage.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian, US, Canada) IPA(key): /?pæk?d?/
- California, US: IPA(key): [?p?ak?d??]
Noun
package (countable and uncountable, plural packages)
- Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
- Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
- Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
- (software) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
- (uncountable, archaic) The act of packing something.
- Something resembling a package.
- A package holiday.
- A football formation.
- the "dime" defensive package
- For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package.
- (euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.
- 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours (page 93)
- The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.
- 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours (page 93)
- (uncountable, historical) A charge made for packing goods.
- (journalism) A group of related stories spread over several pages.
Translations
Verb
package (third-person singular simple present packages, present participle packaging, simple past and past participle packaged)
- To pack or bundle something.
- To travel on a package holiday.
- To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.
Translations
References
- “package, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, January 2015
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postmark
English
Etymology
Compound of post +? mark.
Pronunciation
Noun
postmark (plural postmarks)
- A marking made by a postal service on a letter, package, postcard or the like, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, and often serving to cancel a postage stamp.
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
- He looked at the mauve envelope doubtfully, and examined the postmark. "Where is Pudlington, James? and one might almost ask—why is Pudlington? No town has any right to such an offensive name."
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
Translations
Verb
postmark (third-person singular simple present postmarks, present participle postmarking, simple past and past participle postmarked)
- To apply a postmark on.
Translations
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